Genesis Chapter 26 verse 15 Holy Bible
Now all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.
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Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines.
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And all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them and filled them with earth.
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For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
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For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
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Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.
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and all the wells which his father's servants digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines have stopped them, and fill them with dust.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father (vide Genesis 21:30), the philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. This act, commonly regarded as legitimate in ancient warfare, was practically to Isaac an act of expulsion, it being impossible for flocks and herds to exist without access to water supplies. It was probably, as the text indicates, the outcome of envy, rather than inspired by fear that Isaac in digging and possessing wells was tacitly claiming the ownership of the land.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) The wells.--In the East the digger of a well is regarded as a public benefactor; but the Philistines stopped those that Abraham had digged, probably because they regarded his possession of them, though confirmed by the covenant between him and Abimelech (Genesis 21:32), as an intrusion upon their rights as the people of the country, Envious, too, at the rapid increase of an alien's wealth, they determined to drive Isaac away; and for this no expedient would be more effectual than the preventing him from procuring water for his cattle. Following upon this came an express command of the king to depart, which Isaac obeyed; for he had sought refuge there because of the famine, and had no right to continue at Gerar, if the people refused their hospitality.
